[HPFGU-Movie] Emma's portrayal of Hermione/Screen writing (Was Emma's attitude)

[David S April]

At 09:50 PM 11/27/01 +0000, you wrote:

>On second thought, maybe I should blame Kloves for this. Although he
>gave us a very faithful (plot-wise) adaption, I can't help noticing
>he tends to stereotype those characters. For example, I don't know
>why he didn't give Harry the line "I don't know, why don't you ask
>Hermione" in the potions lesson; or why he let Hagrid tell
>Harry "your cousin don't know you're not allowed to use magic". He
>made Harry too perfect while use Ron mostly as comic relief and
>Hermione as Ms. Know-it-all. Hope he did better for the 2nd movie.

This is a good point. I was a bit disappointed in the Devil's snare scene 
that he didn't match the screenplay to the book, especially since it was so 
short. In the book, Hermione briefly loses her composure as she attempts 
the spell to free everyone from the snare and Ron and Harry have to yell at 
her to get her head "back in the game". As you mentioned, it is an 
important break from the "know it all" stereotype as it shows that just 
because she is book smart, she necessarily perform under pressure. Rounds 
out her character in a subtle way, IMO.

Dave






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